Hello Donat and thank you for your reply,

I am sorry to hear about your wife's situation.

The doctors caring for your wife have to carefully weigh up the risks and benefits of any treatment they prescribe. It sounds like they have decided to review your wife's situation in light of her becoming unwell with the treatment.  This will be discussed with you and your wife and it is possible that they will want to stop the pablociclib if they feel it is too dangerous to carry on. If this is the case then they will hopefully be able to offer another treatment that is recommended for women in your wife's situation. 

If she is offered another treatment then you will be told all about it including the potential for side effects and the benefits it will have. This treatment would not necessarily be inferior to the pablococlib. We have information on the different treatments for breast cancer on our website www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../breast-targeted-cancer-drugs , if you scroll down to the section on targeted treatments you will see that there are a few different ones, your wife's specialist may want to prescribe one of these for your wife although I cannot be sure of that.

I hope your wife is better and that this appointment goes well.

Please get back to us if you need any more information or support.  You may find it helpful to talk things through with one of the nurses on our helpline.  The number to call is Freephone 0808 800 4040 and the lines are open from 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday.

Take care,

Caroline 

Hello Donat and thank you for your reply,

I am sorry to hear about your wife's situation.

The doctors caring for your wife have to carefully weigh up the risks and benefits of any treatment they prescribe. It sounds like they have decided to review your wife's situation in light of her becoming unwell with the treatment.  This will be discussed with you and your wife and it is possible that they will want to stop the pablociclib if they feel it is too dangerous to carry on. If this is the case then they will hopefully be able to offer another treatment that is recommended for women in your wife's situation. 

If she is offered another treatment then you will be told all about it including the potential for side effects and the benefits it will have. This treatment would not necessarily be inferior to the pablococlib. We have information on the different treatments for breast cancer on our website www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../breast-targeted-cancer-drugs , if you scroll down to the section on targeted treatments you will see that there are a few different ones, your wife's specialist may want to prescribe one of these for your wife although I cannot be sure of that.

I hope your wife is better and that this appointment goes well.

Please get back to us if you need any more information or support.  You may find it helpful to talk things through with one of the nurses on our helpline.  The number to call is Freephone 0808 800 4040 and the lines are open from 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday.

Take care,

Caroline